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Humans Cannot Resist Pissing in the Pool
50:06 - 56:48 (06:42)
The overwhelming evidence suggests that humans can't resist harming themselves or their environment. The speaker invests in an app that doesn't make a difference and struggles to find motivation to deal with email. The concept of cosmic insignificance therapy helps in realizing how little things matter in life.
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The speaker has always struggled with energy levels due to a family history of depression.
50:06 - 51:23 (01:16)
Summary
The speaker has always struggled with energy levels due to a family history of depression. However, they enjoy podcasting as it is nourishing to them and decrease the frequency when it starts to feel like a burden.
ChapterHumans Cannot Resist Pissing in the Pool
Episode#578: Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg in Antarctica: Exploring Personal Fears, Bucket Lists, Facing Grief, Crafting Life Missions, and Tim’s Best Penguin Impressions
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker believes that humans cannot resist causing issues and argues that meaninglessness can be both terrifying and liberating.
51:23 - 53:20 (01:57)
Summary
The speaker believes that humans cannot resist causing issues and argues that meaninglessness can be both terrifying and liberating. They mention their involvement in psychedelic therapeutics on the nonprofit research side.
ChapterHumans Cannot Resist Pissing in the Pool
Episode#578: Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg in Antarctica: Exploring Personal Fears, Bucket Lists, Facing Grief, Crafting Life Missions, and Tim’s Best Penguin Impressions
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker talks about struggling to find motivation to complete mundane tasks and how the ultimate fate of the world can make this struggle seem insignificant, but acknowledges the importance of addressing self-destructive tendencies on a smaller scale.
53:20 - 56:48 (03:28)
Summary
The speaker talks about struggling to find motivation to complete mundane tasks and how the ultimate fate of the world can make this struggle seem insignificant, but acknowledges the importance of addressing self-destructive tendencies on a smaller scale.